BAM Film Fest presents--"Microphone Check the System".

2B an MC

Director - Eli Jacobs-Fantauzzi

World renowned rapper Yrak Saens (one half of the group Doble Filo) a pioneer of Cuban Rap takes to the streets to find the next generation of Cuban Hip Hop. Travel on a journey from Havana to Santiago where Darwin (Golpe Seko) will tell you what it means to be a real MC in Cuba!

Breathe

Directed by Jamie Burton-Oare

For Eric, it is a normal day in his life/neighborhood. For the world, it’s the day Eric faces the reality of taking his last breath.

In the Hour of Chaos: Hip Hop Art & Activism with Public Enemy's Chuck D

Directed by H. Samy Alim, Samuel Lamontagne, Tabia Shawel

In the Hour of Chaos: Hip Hop Art & Activism with Public Enemy’s Chuck D highlights the transformative power of Hip Hop with some of the nation’s most insightful thinkers on the art form’s social, cultural, and political significance. Guided by Chuck D himself, the film tells the story of how artists, activists, and academics came together at UCLA to celebrate 50 years of Hip Hop cultural history.

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